Antislipping horseshoe.



G. A. MONTGOMERY. ANTISLIPPING nonsssnos. APPLICATION FILED13110.9,1908.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Witnesses.

Cram 0, cv

CHARLES ALBERT MONTGOMERY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ANTISLIPPING HORSESHOE.

Specification of;Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Application filed. December 9, 1908. Serial No. 466,718.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES ALBERT MONTGOMERY, of the city of Toronto,in the county of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Antislipping Horseshoes; and Ihereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

This invention relates to an anti-slipping horse shoe comprising a solepart of rubber, leather, or other like material, which will completelycover the tread surface of the metal shoe, and, the tread surface ofwhich r is indented or recessed to intensify its antislipping quality,and the surface of which in contact with the metal shoe has a projectionto enter within and engage the inner rim of the metal shoe to preventthe movement of the sole part from its fixed position when associatedwith the metal shoe, the heel of the projection being formed with arecess to receive the frog of the hoof and provide for the naturalaction ofthe foot when the anti-slipping shoe is worn, the anti-slippingshoe being detachably locked to the metal shoe by a stationary lockingmember, connected to the toe of the projection, and two pivoted lockingmembers, at the heel of the projection, to engage with the inner surfaceof the metal shoe.

Anti-slipping pads have heretofore been interposed between the metalshoe and the sole of the hoof and permanently secured in place by thehorse shoe nails which fasten the metal shoe to the hoof. This permanentattachment of the anti-slipping pad has necessitated the constantcontact of the latter with the frog of the hoof which has beenascertained in the field of actual experience to ultimately cripple thehorse by causing the frog to decay and the hoof to rot. It has also beenascertained in the field of actual experience that this means ofattachment permits of the tread surface of the metal shoe coming intocontact with the roadway and that when the roadway is paved with asphaltor other material of a like character, the shoe slides upon the pavementwithout effective retardance or impedance by the antislipping pad.

The object of the present invention is therefore to devise ananti-slipping shoe which will completely cover the tread of the metalshoe and prevent the latter coming into contact with the pavement whenthe anti-slipping shoe is worn and thus obtain the full benefit of theanti-slipping character of the device without injury wj o, and withoutinterfering with, the natura: action of the hoof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fastening means bywhich the antislipping shoe can be detachably and se curely fastened tothe metal shoe.

For an understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing de scription and to the accompanying drawings in which Figure1, is a plan view of the tread surface of the anti-slipping shoe showingin dotted lines the position of the metal shoe. Fig. 2, is a plan viewof the same parts as areshown in, but looking at them from the oppositeside to, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a section on the line a--a Fig. 1. Fig. 4,is a section on the line b-b Fig. 1, and Fig. 5, is a plan view of theanti-slipping shoe separated from the metal shoe looking at it from thesame side as in Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawm s.

The anti-slipping shoe consists of a sole part a of substantially thesame shape as, and of the same or slightly greater dimensions than, themetal shoe Z), so that the sole part will entirely cover the tread ofthe metal shoe and prevent the latter coming into contact with thepavement when the anti-slipping shoe is worn.

The tread surface of the sole part a is indented to form a recess 0which intensifies the gripping or anti-slipping quality of the sole partwhen the latter is in contact with the pavement, and the surface of thesole part a in contact with the metal shoe (9 is formed with a centralprojection (Z corresponding in shape and dimensions with the inner rimof the metal shoe so that when the anti-slipping shoe is fitted to thehoof the projection (Z will engage with the inner rim and prevent themovement of the sole part on the metal shoe, and in the heel of theprojection (Z is a recess h to receive the frog of the hoof and preventthe latter pressing on the projection.

Fastened to the toe of the projection d is a locking member 6 whichextends partly across the inner surface of the toe of the metal shoe,and pivoted to the inner surface of the heel of the projection (Z aretwo locking members f to engage the inner surface of the heel of themetal shoe. The locking members 6 and f detachably fasten theantislipping shoe to the metal shoe with the sole part completelycovering the tread of the metal shoe and the projection engaging itsinner rim when the anti-slipping shoe is associated with the metal shoe.

The anti-slipping shoe can be removed from the metal shoe by turning thelocking members 7 into the position shown in Fig. 5, and fercing theheel part outward until the locking member 6 is disengaged from themetal shoe. By means of this construction the anti-slipping shoe can beeasily and quickly attached to or detached from the hoof Without theemployment of tools or skilled labor for that purpose.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is All antislipping pad for a horse shoeconsisting of a resilient flat sole part to completely cover the treadsurface of a metal shoe and the sole of a hoof, and having on its innersurface a projecting part to engage with the inner rim of the metalshoe, said projecting part having a recess to receive the frog of thehoof, a stationary fastening member extending from the toe of theprojecting part to engage with the inner surface of the toe of the metalshoe, and pivoted fastening members at the heel of the projecting partto engage with the inner surface of the heel of the metal shoe,detachably fastening the antislipping pad thereto.

Toronto, November 30th, 1908.

CHARLES ALBERT MONTGOMERY.

Signed in the presence of- OLWE BATEMAN, O. H. Thomas.

